People sit under a tent to watch the funeral on a giant screen on a hill overlooking the valley where South African President Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest in Qunu. South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela received a tearful state funeral at his childhood village of Qunu. Roberto Schmidt, AFP/Getty Images

The ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela-Madikizela, left, and the widow of Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, center, stand by the casket of of the anti-apartheid icon in Qunu on Dec. 15. Odd Andersen, AFP/Getty Images

South Africa President Jacob Zuma, Winnie Mandela-Madikizela, left, and the widow of Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, far right, sit by the coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela during his funeral ceremony in Qunu on Dec. 15. Odd Andersen, Getty Images

A Qunu resident holds back her tears as she watches a live broadcast of the late South African President Nelson Mandela's funeral taking place in Qunu, South Africa. South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela received a tearful state funeral at his childhood village of Qunu. Dai Kurokawa, epa

A mourner wearing a banner as a skirt showing the face of South African President Jacob Zuma observes the scene from a hilltop overlooking the burial site of Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa. Ben Curtis, AP